WorksheetsChapter 2: Resident Rights, Ethics and Laws
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 39mins
Informed consent is when the person...
Is admitted to the center
Decides how to distribute property after his or her death
Signs a consent form
Fully understands all aspects of his or her treatment
The systolic pressure is...
The number on the top
The number on the bottom
90 - 120mm Hg
60 - 80mm Hg
A resident refuses to have a shower. What should you do?
Tell the nurse
Tell her daughter
Tell her that she cannot refuse a shower
Give her a bath instead
A resident has a phone in his room and wants to make a phone call. What should you do?
Ask him to use the phone at the nurses' station
Tell the nurse
Close the privacy curtain so you can stay in the room and finish your tasks
Leave the room
Residents do NOT have a right to...
Make personal choices
A private room
Refuse treatment
Contact an ombudsman
OBRA is a...
State law
Federal agency
Federal law
State agency
Residents have the right to be free from all of the following EXCEPT...
Involuntary seclusion
Disease
Abuse
Neglect
Who selects activities for a resident?
The person's representative
You
The nurse
The resident
What's the correct way to identify a person?
Hello, Jim
Hello, Mr. Smith
Hello, sweetie
Hello, Grandpa
What's the normal rectal temp?
(a)
A long term care ombudsman...
Is employed by the nursing center
Can prevent a resident from leaving the center
Investigates resident complaints
Grants a nursing center a license or certification
Which action does NOT promote a person's dignity?
Making sure the person has needed assist devices
Listening to the person
Providing privacy during personal care
Restraining the person
Which does NOT promote dignity/privacy?
Moving their items as you prefer
Knocking before you enter their room
Closing the door to the bathroom when their using it
Assisting with bathing and hygiene preferences
A daughter wants to read her father's medical record. What should you do?
Tell the nurse
Give her the medical record
Ask the resident if you can give the daughter the medical record
Tell her that she cannot do so
Which statement about domestic abuse is TRUE?
Only one type of abuse is usually present
It always involves physical harm
It always involves violence
One partner has control over the other partner
Which is ethical behavior?
Calling your family before answering a call light
Accepting gifts from a resident's family
Sharing information about a resident with your family
Reporting errors
To maintain professional boundaries, your behaviors must...
Be biased
Help the person
Meet your needs
Show that you care
Restraining a person's freedom of movement is...
False imprisonment
Defamation
Assault
Battery
Who decides how to style a person's hair?
The nurse
You
The resident
The ombudsman
Threatening to touch the person's body without the person's consent is
Battery
Assault
Defamation
False imprisonment
Which is NOT a sign of elder abuse?
Frequent injuries
Poor personal hygiene
Stiff joints and joint pain
Old and new bruises
A person asks if you are a nurse. You answer "Yes". This is...
Libel
Slander
Fraud
Negligence
A son has the legal right to act on his mother's behalf. The son is his mother's legal...
Ombudsman
Health care provider
Caregiver
Representative
What's the normal oral temp?
(a)
Which is not a crime?
Robbery
Murder
Negligence
Abuse
Ethics is...
A behavior that meets your needs, not the person's
Knowledge of what is right and wrong conduct
Skills, care, and judgments required of a health team member
Making judgments before you have the facts
What does HIPAA stand for?
Heart insurance protection and availability act of 1995
Health insurance protection and availability act of 1994
Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996
Home insurance portability and accountability act of 1998
The diastolic pressure is...
The number on the bottom
90 - 120mm Hg
The number on the top
60 - 80mm Hg
Slander is the act of making false statements...
In writing
Orally
Virtually
In general
You suspect a person was abused. What should you do?
Tell the nurse
Call the police
Tell the family
Ask the person about the abuse
What's the normal axillary temp?
(a)
Libel is the act of making false statements...
Orally
To their face
Behind their back
In writing, print, or through pictures/ drawings
What is the normal pulse range?
(a)
Photos of Mr. Blue are shown to others without his consent. This is...
Invasion of privacy
Fraud
Battery
Malpractice
What is the range for respirations?
(a)
